Packers Possess More Playoff Experience This Time Around

The Green Bay Packers entered the 2009 season as the NFL's youngest team for the fourth straight year.

But they're entering the 2009 postseason as a team with a lot more playoff experience than they had for their playoff run two years ago.

Following the 2007 season, the Packers began the playoffs with just 17 players on their 53-man roster possessing postseason experience. This time, 30 of their 53 players have played in the playoffs before, including 28 who appeared in at least one of the two '07 postseason contests in Green Bay.

That's a significant jump in terms of having a taste of postseason football. It does still leave 23 players on the roster as playoff newbies, but it helps to counter the argument that Sunday's NFC Wild Card opponent, the defending NFC champion Arizona Cardinals, are that much more loaded with postseason experience compared to the young Packers.

The Cardinals did win three playoff games a year ago in their march to the Sup..